Just ran into another album I'm on, from before I was in the Note. Bill Potts big band - I'm pretty sure this was recorded in 1985, and I think the entire album was done in single takes, live in the studio. The trombone solos are me first, then John Jensen, and then trading. Dave Steinmeyer was playing lead. Lee Gause was on bass trombone.

Just ran into another album I'm on, from before I was in the Note. Bill Potts big band - I'm pretty sure this was recorded in 1985, and I think the entire album was done in single takes, live in the studio. The trombone solos are me first, then John Jensen, and then trading. Dave Steinmeyer was playing lead. Lee Gause was on bass trombone.

It was Kenny Smukal, who was lead trumpet in the Note for a lot of years, before I was in. I did play in Mike Cotty's band and Bill Potts's band with him in the years before. He was THE BEST lead player; you're right, you couldn't miss anything with him leading. Steinmeyer was the same way, and the combination of the two of them was an unbelievable force. I consider myself very lucky to have experienced them and I try to model my playing after that.